Switzerland, its scenery, history, and literary associations . that of Dr. Lauher, which remainedthe only one till Two years later marksthe beginninj; of the rush. In that year twonew inns were established, two new editions ofguide-books were published, and the Englishassault of the Monte Rosa was begun; it wasfirst ascended by an Englishman in In1854 Dr. Lanber sold his inn to AlexanderSeiler, of Blitzingen, who improved it. retain-ing some traces of the original inn, and thusbegan his career as the most famous hotel-keeper in Switzerland, if not in Europe. Ofall the hotel-keepe
Switzerland, its scenery, history, and literary associations . that of Dr. Lauher, which remainedthe only one till Two years later marksthe beginninj; of the rush. In that year twonew inns were established, two new editions ofguide-books were published, and the Englishassault of the Monte Rosa was begun; it wasfirst ascended by an Englishman in In1854 Dr. Lanber sold his inn to AlexanderSeiler, of Blitzingen, who improved it. retain-ing some traces of the original inn, and thusbegan his career as the most famous hotel-keeper in Switzerland, if not in Europe. Ofall the hotel-keepers connected with the historyof Zermatt, however, none is more enthusias-tic, patriotic, poetic, nay even tinged withmystical fervor, than that poor man from theVal Tournanche who put up a humble hutin IHoi on the Theodule Pass, where he soldbread, cheese, coffee, and wine, an undertak-ing which it is said he was encouraged in bya gift of one thousand francs from an Eng-lishman. Sir Alfred Wills, passing over theTheodule Pass on September 14, 185*2, found190. IN THE HEART OF THE ALPS the man and his tent on the Pass. On a spotslightly sheltered by some rocks, which jutup from the surface of the snow, was pitcheda wretched tent, about ten or twelve feet long,and six or seven high, inhabited by an oldman and his wife, who, during the summermonths, dwelt at the crest of the Col, and inthis frail and dreary abode braved the terrorsof the tempest and the snow-storm. The manpointed out to us, with great pride, a rudestructure, built of loose stones, which it wasthe labor of his days to rear, and which whenfinished was to contain four bedrooms. Itwas already half way up to the first chalet was to be dignified with the nameof an hotel, and was to bear the appropriatetitle of the Bouquetin. He asked for asubscription towards the building of his houseon the glacier, and thought more of makingknown the glow of a sunrise on the St. Theo-dule than of mere pecuniary gain. Mes-sieu
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